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• NHS spends £1.8bn on staff redundancy pay-offs following Government restructuring

  26-07-2015 23:53
  
  About £1.8bn has been spent on NHS staff redundancy pay-offs since the Government’s restructuring of the health service, according to new figures.
  
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• Obama danced to Kenya's biggest nightclub jam during his Africa trip

  26-07-2015 23:51
  
  During the US president's two-day trip to Kenya, Barack Obama performed Kenya's version of "Gangham Style" on Saturday night at Nairobi’s State House.
  
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• Rapper Snoop Dogg claims he was racially profiled after drugs arrest in Sweden

  26-07-2015 23:50
  
  American rapper Snoop Dogg was briefly arrested in Sweden on suspicion of using drugs, in an incident in which he claims he was racially profiled.
  
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• VIDEO: 'I'll never dishonour the yellow jersey'

  26-07-2015 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tour de France winner Chris Froome tells spectators he will "always respect" the yellow jersey and "never dishonour it".
  
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• Partners in Crime, BBC1 - TV review: Excellent leads just lack that spark of sexual chemistry

  26-07-2015 23:00
  
  There’s been a Poirot-sized hole in the schedules ever since ITV aired the final episode of the Suchet series, but Partners in Crime, a new six-part Agatha Christie adaptation, should fill it very nicely. David Walliams and Call the Midwife’s Jessica Raine star as Tommy and Tuppence, a married couple who turn investigative team when they stumble upon a story of intrigue and adventure on the 15.10 train from Paris to Londres.
  
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• Lord Sewel 'quits as Lord's deputy speaker' following drugs and sex workers claims - The Independent

  26-07-2015 22:58 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Lord Sewel 'quits as Lord's deputy speaker' following drugs and sex workers claims
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  A peer who served as a minister under Tony Blair has quit as the House of Lords' Deputy Speaker and is facing a police investigation after he was filmed allegedly snorting drugs off a prostitute. Lord Sewel was filmed by a hidden camera as he cavorted ...
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• Privatisation is not good or bad in itself. Rather there are good and bad privatisations

  26-07-2015 22:45
  
  The man who might be Labour’s next leader, Jeremy Corbyn, wants to reverse the privatisation of the railways and renationalise the energy companies. Meanwhile, George Osborne boasts that he is embarking on the biggest privatisation of public assets since the 1980s. The Student Loan Book, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the remainder of the Royal Mail, the Green Investment Bank. Everything must go! Some suspect the Chancellor even has secret plans  to privatise the BBC and the National Health Serv
  
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• Turkey calls for rare NATO talks after attacks along Syrian border - CNN

  26-07-2015 22:45 via cnn.com
  
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  Turkey calls for rare NATO talks after attacks along Syrian border
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  (CNN) NATO said Sunday that it would meet this week after Turkey called for special talks amid heightened concerns over its security. Turkey made the request under Article 4 of NATO's founding treaty, which allows countries to ask for consultations ...
  Turkey faces enemy within as Kurds vow to renew warThe Times (subscription)
  Turkish jets hit PKK targets in Iraq after soldiers killed -sourcesDaily Mail
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• Drones boom 'puts insurers at risk of multi-million bill'

  26-07-2015 22:45
  
  The rise of drone technology could leave manufacturers and operators of the unmanned aerial vehicles facing multi-million pound claims, insurance experts have warned.
  
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• Assad: Iran deal is proof that we must not compromise - Ynetnews

  26-07-2015 22:40 via ynetnews.com
  
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  Assad: Iran deal is proof that we must not compromise
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  Syrian president gives speech praising Iran's nuclear agreement, attacking Western hypocrisy, and signaling that the four-year civil war is not about to end n a compromise. Roi Kais. Latest Update: 07.26.15, 17:43 / Israel News. Syrian President Bashar ...
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• Greece debt crisis: Humbled Athens starts talks on bailout with hated 'troika'

  26-07-2015 22:37
  
  Greece will begin delayed negotiations over a third €85bn (£60bn) bailout on Tuesday, months after its left-wing leadership swore not to deal with the hated “troika” of its international creditors.
  
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• Turkey conflict with Kurds: Was approving air strikes against the PKK America's worst error in the Middle East since the Iraq War?

  26-07-2015 22:32
  Kurdish guerrillas have killed two Turkish soldiers in an ambush in south-east Turkey as fighting resumes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants, ending a two-year-old ceasefire. The attack came after Turkish aircraft heavily bombed bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq.
  
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• America's Cup World Series: We showed we have a winning team, says Ben Ainslie - Telegraph.co.uk

  26-07-2015 22:27 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  America's Cup World Series: We showed we have a winning team, says Ben Ainslie
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  When I woke up on Sunday morning and heard the wind rushing down the Solent, I was so disappointed. Like the rest of the Land Rover BAR team, all I had wanted to do was get out on the water for the second day of the America's Cup World Series event ...
  Ben Ainslie hails Portsmouth after high winds hit America's Cup racingThe Guardian
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• Turkish jets hit PKK targets in Iraq after soldiers killed - sources - Reuters UK

  26-07-2015 22:24 via uk.reuters.com
  
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  DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA, Turkey Turkey attacked Kurdish insurgent camps in Iraq for a second night on Sunday, security sources said, in a campaign that could end its peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Ankara, which called for a special ...
  Turkey to Consult With NATO on ISIS, PKK StrikesWall Street Journal
  Terra Incognita: Turkey doubles down in Syria and IraqJerusalem Post Israel News
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• Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn says 'we can learn a great deal from ... - The Independent

  26-07-2015 22:22 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn says 'we can learn a great deal from ...
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  The Labour hierarchy has rejected demands for its fractious leadership contest to be suspended following claims that large numbers of hard-left “infiltrators” and Tory mischief-makers have signed up with the common aim of electing Jeremy Corbyn.
  Jeremy Corbyn might just be able to unite Britain's progressive partiesThe Guardian
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• Search for teenage fishermen off Florida coast finds empty boat - Telegraph.co.uk

  26-07-2015 22:19 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Search for teenage fishermen off Florida coast finds empty boat
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  An empty boat belonging to two missing teenage boys has been found off the coast of Florida two days after they failed to come back from a fishing trip. US coast guard aircraft spotted the upturned boat after covering more than 25,000 square miles of ...
  Missing Teens' Boat Found Overturned Off Florida CoastABC News
  Search for Florida teenagers who disappeared on fishing trip continuesWashington
  
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• Police in Newport considering 'safe zone' for sex workers after success of Leeds scheme

  26-07-2015 22:09
  
  Police are considering plans to make a part of Newport a designated area for sex workers to operate without fear of being moved on or arrested to ensure their safety.
  
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• Second Scottish independence vote 'inevitable due to broken promises and ... - Mirror.co.uk

  26-07-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  David Cameron and George Osborne are pushing Scotland to an 'inevitable' second independence vote , Alex Salmond said today. The former Scottish National Party chief said the Prime Minister's broken promises since the vote last year, combined with the ...
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  Alex Salmond says another referendum on Scottish independence is 'inevitable'
  
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• Bashar Assad makes rare speech, admits manpower shortage - Hindustan Times

  26-07-2015 22:03 via hindustantimes.com
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  Bashar Assad makes rare speech, admits manpower shortage
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  During his first public address in a year, Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday vowed to win his country's long-running civil war while acknowledging his troops had lost territory to rebel forces and were running short on manpower. Assad's speech ...
  Syria's embattled leader publicly acknowledges battlefield setbacksWashington Post
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• Turkey to Consult With NATO on ISIS, PKK Strikes - Wall Street Journal

  26-07-2015 22:03 via wsj.com
  
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  Turkey to Consult With NATO on ISIS, PKK Strikes
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  BRUSSELS—North Atlantic Treaty Organization ambassadors will meet Tuesday with Turkey to discuss its military operations against Islamic State and the Kurdish Workers' Party, NATO announced Sunday. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement it ...
  Turkey calls for rare NATO talks after attacks along Syrian borderCNN
  Turkey faces enemy within as Kurds vow to renew warThe Times (subscription)
  
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• Chris Froome crowned Tour de France champion and vows never to bring dishonour ... - Telegraph.co.uk

  26-07-2015 22:01 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Chris Froome crowned Tour de France champion and vows never to bring dishonour ...
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  Chris Froome vowed that he would never bring dishonour the yellow jersey after being crowned Great Britain's first two-time winner of the Tour de France last night. • Tour de France in pics: the agony and ecstasy. After all the rancour and ...
  Tour de France: Chris Froome completes historic British winBBC News
  Chris Froome's Tour de France: through the rain, abuse and uri
  
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• Police called in as Lord Sewel quits over 'drugs and prostitutes' sting

  26-07-2015 21:58
  
  The parliamentary authorities have called in Scotland Yard after the deputy speaker of the Lords was caught on video allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes.
  
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• Secret plans to deploy soldiers on UK streets in the aftermath of a terror attack are 'shocking' and 'provocative', says peer

  26-07-2015 21:55
  Secret police plans to deploy more than 5,000 armed soldiers on British streets in the wake of a UK terror attack have been questioned by a prominent peer as a “provocative” act that could potentially endanger the public.
  
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• Is this a Trotskyite revolution or more scaremongering by Labour’s far right?

  26-07-2015 21:47
  
  Without in any way wanting to seem alarmist, I begin to fear that if the Labour election keeps to its present trajectory, it could descend into internecine chaos.
  
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• I will never dishonour Tour - Froome

  26-07-2015 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Froome says he will "never dishonour" the yellow jersey after becoming the first Briton to win two Tour de France titles.
  
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• Syria's embattled leader publicly acknowledges battlefield setbacks - Washington Post

  26-07-2015 21:41 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Syria's embattled leader publicly acknowledges battlefield setbacks
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  BEIRUT — In a rare acknowledgment, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that his forces have lost some territory to rebels because of “manpower” problems. The embattled leader made the admission during a speech in the capital, Damascus, his ...
  It's Syria, stupid!Jerusalem Post Israel News
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• Tributes to 'nicest' teenager who died after 'taking laughing gas'

  26-07-2015 21:37
  
  A teenager who died after he is thought to have taken laughing gas at a party has been named in reports as Ally Calvert, 18.
  
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• Legal aid cuts: Criminal barristers' strike will go ahead despite last-minute feud with solicitors

  26-07-2015 21:33
  
  Criminal barristers across Britain will begin striking in earnest on Monday over cuts to legal aid, despite a last-minute feud with solicitors.
  
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• Syrian President Assad admits that his army has a manpower shortage and has 'given up' defending some areas

  26-07-2015 21:29
  Syria's President, Bashar Al-Assad, has given a surprisingly frank view on the state of the war in his country, telling the nation in a televised speech that the army is suffering from a severe manpower shortage, and had been forced to give up on defending some areas in order to hold on to more important ones.
  
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• Obama in Kenya: Once more, reality gets in the way of expectations

  26-07-2015 21:12
  
  For all the excitement about Barack Obama’s visit to Kenya, the home of his father, many on the African continent are asking the same question we hear from black America too: has he delivered on all the hopes we had for him when he first won the White House?
  
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• Tour de France 2015: Doping claims dampen the mood as Chris Froome triumphs

  26-07-2015 21:08
  
  The skies of northern France spat on Chris Froome, but they spat, at least, on all cyclists and spectators alike.
  
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• BBC Radio 1 'needs more prime-time diversity'

  26-07-2015 21:03
  
  Black and Asian presenters should be given more high-profile slots on Radio 1, a leading DJ and presenter has said.
  
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• Team Sky's Chris Froome Wins The Tour De France

  26-07-2015 21:03
  
  Chris Froome has won the 2015 Tour de France after successfully completing the race's 21st stage and reaching Paris's Champs-Elysees without incident. The Team Sky rider was ahead before the final stage of the race began earlier on Sunday but needed to cycle to the finish line in order to become champion. Speaking in French for some of the speech, he thanked the crowd and also thanked his teammates and the rest of the staff at Team Sky.
  
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• Sewel 'needs to leave Lords' after drug use claims - BBC News

  26-07-2015 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Lord Sewel is facing a police inquiry after quitting as House of Lords deputy speaker over a video allegedly showing him taking drugs with prostitutes. Lords Speaker Baroness D'Souza said he had also quit as chairman of the Lords privileges and conduct ...
  Lord Sewel could be first peer expelled under new rules after 'snorting ...Telegraph.co.uk
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• Barack Obama in Kenya: US President uses farewell speech to tell young people to build a future in Africa

  26-07-2015 20:46
  
  President Barack Obama has called on Kenyans, and especially the country’s youth, to seize the moment to take their country forward, in a stirring speech that brought to an end his first trip as President to his father’s homeland.
  
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• Cameron in southeast Asia visit to talk trade, Islamist extremism

  26-07-2015 20:41
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he wanted to use a four-day trade mission to southeast Asia to spur lucrative business deals and to forge new political alliances to counter Islamist extremism.
  
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• UK's Cameron in southeast Asia visit to talk trade, Islamist extremism - Reuters

  26-07-2015 20:34 via reuters.com
  
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  UK's Cameron in southeast Asia visit to talk trade, Islamist extremism
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  LONDON British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he wanted to use a four-day trade mission to southeast Asia to spur lucrative business deals and to forge new political alliances to counter Islamist extremism. The trip, which begins in ...
  Cameron keen to find ways to combat IS during trip to AsiaTODAYonline
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• Mike Huckabee denounces Iran nuclear deal as bringing Israelis 'to door of the oven'

  26-07-2015 20:31
  
  As President Barack Obama and his national security team intensify the US campaign to sell the newly forged nuclear deal with Iran, a contender for the Republican Party nomination in 2016 said it would lead Israel “to the door of the oven” unless the US Congress takes action to block it.
  
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• Sky's Chris Froome Wins The 2015 Tour De France

  26-07-2015 20:31
  
  Chris Froome has won the 2015 Tour de France after successfully completing the race's 21st stage and reaching Paris's Champs-Elysees without incident. The Team Sky rider was ahead before the final stage of the race began earlier on Sunday but needed to cycle to the finish line in order to become champion. Speaking in French for some of the speech, he thanked the crowd and also thanked his teammates and the rest of the staff at Team Sky.
  
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• Pilot dies after home-made James Bond-style plane crashes in Ireland - The Guardian

  26-07-2015 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
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  Pilot dies after home-made James Bond-style plane crashes in Ireland
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  Howard Cox, 67, was killed in a plane crash while on his way to an air show in Ireland. Photograph: John Drysdale/PA. Press Association. Sunday 26 July 2015 14.30 EDT Last modified on Sunday 26 July 2015 14.34 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on ...
  Devon pilot Howard Cox killed in Bond-style planeBBC News
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• Alice Gross: Parents left 'concerned, bewildered and angry' after coroner leaves file on train

  26-07-2015 20:03
  
  The parents of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross have said they are "concerned, bewildered and angry" after the coroner investigating her death left a police file on a train.
  
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• Alice Gross murder: Parents left 'concerned, bewildered and angry' after coroner leaves file on train

  26-07-2015 20:03
  
  The parents of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross have said they are "concerned, bewildered and angry" after the coroner investigating her death left a police file on a train.
  
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• Refugee Nation: A US property mogul's simple solution to the world's migration crisis – create a new country for refugees to live in

  26-07-2015 20:00
  The world is in the middle of an extraordinary migration crisis. Across the globe, chaos and violence have left nearly 60 million people displaced, largely living in difficult conditions in poor nations.
  
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• Surprise contender to lead Labour - Renationalise swaths of economy

  26-07-2015 19:54
  
  By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - A surprise contender to lead Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Sunday he believed swaths of the economy should be renationalised as a battle for the left-wing party's soul prompted warnings it could split in two. The party, which in May suffered its worst election defeat in almost three decades, is choosing a new leader it hopes can challenge Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in 2020. Ed Miliband, its previous leader, quit in
  
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• Three men sought after security guard attacked by gang wielding axe

  26-07-2015 19:47
  
  An axe-wielding robber and two accomplices made off with a cash box after targeting a security guard who was delivery money to a shop.
  
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• Tour de France 2015: Chris Froome confirmed as winner after triumphant ride into Paris with Team Sky

  26-07-2015 19:43
  
  Chris Froome on Sunday won the Tour de France for a second time after a ceremonial final stage in Paris.
  
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• Kensington and Chelsea council wants crackdown on rev count of supercar owners

  26-07-2015 19:40
  
  They are loud, brash and kitted out to impress – and that’s just the super-rich owners.
  
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• War with Isis: President Assad admits he has given up on parts of Syria

  26-07-2015 19:39
  
  Bashar al-Assad has admitted to the Syrian people that he could no longer control the whole of the country, but denied his army was collapsing in the face of groups such as Isis and Jabhat al-Nusra.
  
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• Nigeria suicide bomb attack: 15 dead in attack on city in northern Nigeria

  26-07-2015 19:39
  
  A suicide bomb attack has left 15 people dead and around 50 injured in northern Nigeria.
  
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• Arsenal vs Wolfsburg player ratings: How did Petr Cech perform and was goalscorer Theo Walcott the standout player?

  26-07-2015 19:38
  Arsenal completed their final pre-season fixture prior to next weekend's Community Shield with a 1-0 victory over Wolfsburg.
  
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